The Clínic promotes sustainable dialysis with a 22% reduction in CO2 emissions
A team of professionals from the Clinical Institute of Nephrology and Urology (ICNU) has presented a comprehensive strategy that rethinks dialysis...
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Clínic Barcelona ranks as the third best public hospital in Spain according to the Merco Salud 2025 ranking
The hospital, which has also been recognized as the best public hospital in Catalonia, stands out with five services ranked first: Digestive System...
The Clínic performs 294 transplants in 2025 and leads liver and pancreas transplantation activity in Catalonia
This Thursday, the Catalan Transplantation Organization (OCATT) published the 2025 report on organ, tissue and cell donation and transplantation ac...
The Clínic carries out a new pioneering therapy to reduce the risk of rejection in kidney transplants
On 26 September 2025, the Kidney Transplant Service at the Hospital Clínic Barcelona performed the first treatment with autologous tolerogenic dend...
Living for 50 years with a transplanted kidney
This year, the Clínic commemorated the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spain. Since then, both technique and technology have evo...
The Clínic commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spain
This Wednesday, the Hospital Clínic Barcelona held an institutional event to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spa...
Apheresis: donation and therapeutic use
Apheresis is a medical procedure by which specific components of a person’s blood are removed and the rest is returned to the bloodstream through o...
60 years since the first kidney transplant in Spain, performed at the Hospital Clínic Barcelona
Wednesday 23 July marks the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spain, a historic milestone that took place at the Hospital Clínic B...
Chronic kidney disease: the silent disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects millions of people around the world; many of whom are unaware they have it. It is known as the "silent disease...
When the heart and kidneys fail together: cardiorenal syndrome
This is a condition in which the heart and kidneys stop functioning properly because one affects the functioning of the other. When one of the two...